Deaths occurring in 1880
as reported in
Saratoga County Newspapers

This page serves as an index to the deaths from the year 1880 as reported in
newspaper columns which Cornelius Durkee faithfully collected and pasted into
scrapbooks. He used mostly the local Saratoga Springs newspapers, but
occasionally had access to others such as a Ballston Spa, Albany, Troy, or
Glens Falls paper. His Scrapbook #1 contains several years worth of the
columns for marriages and deaths, supplemented with some obituaries and short
biographical articles, plus occasional articles about weddings or funerals.
Mr. Durkee's efforts in collecting these "vital records" predates the 1880 New
York State law which began statewide efforts at collection of official vital
records. This scrapbook, as are many others compiled by Durkee, is located at
the Saratoga County Historian's Office in Ballston Spa.

Most of these deaths occurred in Saratoga County, but there were some reported
from outside the county and some from outside New York State: in a case such as
that, there usually was a stated connection back to a former residence here or
to a family still living in Saratoga County.

The "Deaths" columns rarely included more than a date, age at death and
location. In the case of an infant death the parents' names were given, or
sometimes just the father's.

It must be observed that this probably is only a portion of the deaths actually
occurring in Saratoga County during 1880. Probably there were many which were
not published in the newspapers. [Note for searching: two-part names are
transcribed here as single words, so Van Buren is in this list VanBuren, La Dow
is here listed as LaDow, etc.]